Clayton campus
Course code: 0650
Course leader: Professor Don Schauder
This course will not be taking new enrolments in 1998. It has been replaced by the Master of Information Management (Library and Information Studies).
The period of candidature will normally be two years for full-time candidates and four years for part-time candidates.
Students will be required to spend about four weeks working in libraries or on other appropriate fieldwork. Fieldwork is normally undertaken in the summer between the first and second years of the program. There is an opportunity to be selected to undertake fieldwork at Blackwell's in Oxford, England.
School seminars, conducted by visitors, staff members and students who are engaged in research, are held weekly. Students in the MA program are expected to attend these seminars regularly during their candidature. Those who are writing theses will be expected to report at a seminar.
The first year consists of twelve compulsory four-point subjects taken over two semesters:
The program normally consists of either three elective eight-point subjects plus a thesis weighted at 25 per cent of the total requirement of the degree (50 per cent of part two) or six elective eight-point subjects. Electives are chosen from those offered in the Master of Librarianship program or from appropriate subjects in other schools or faculties at Monash.